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Abaranger

He is a Saurian warrior from Dino Earth with a sad past. He was the last of people to fight the Evolians and escaped to Earth. He brought the Dino Bracelets and gave them to the Abarangers. However, prior to his arrival, the Dino Harp key was damaged, so he couldn't transform. When he got it finally restored in Episode 7, he lost his first battles as he couldn't use his Dino Guts correctly, until his true sense of justice awakened. Asuka is a melancholic person, he is fast-willed and fastidious, but his high expectations lead him to be depressed often. He has shown enormous amounts of power, as he has been able even of defeating a Giganoid and an upgraded KillerGhost on his own: however, due to his gentle personality, he often holds back during battles. In Episode 35, he had his surname be "Ono" (大野飛鳥,Ōno Asuka), due to the legal systems on Another Earth, and had used it only for Another Earth, meaning he was not born with it. His Bakuryuu partner is Brachio. With the mysterious girl's help Asuka is able to remember that he was the one responsible for breaking the Armor of Darkness out of it's seal and therefore the one responsible for it falling into Evolien hands.

Asuka's first transformation after his Dino Harp Key is restored.

Although at first Asuka had trouble confirming that Destruction Messenger Jannu was his wife Mahoro because of the resemblance, he later confirmed it during the destruction of the second Anamolicarus. Unknown to the other Abarangers and his other friends who believed he died in the explosion, Asuka chose to wear the Armor of Darkness again to save Mahoro from its curse. Once it was confirmed that Asuka was alive and was wearing the Armor of Darkness, Mahoro regained her memory and she chose to save him from the armor and tricked AbareKiller into helping her destroy it at the cost of becoming Jannu again. Though forced to fight her again after being freed, Mahoro secretly sent a telepathic message to Asuka confirming that she is not under Dezumozorlya's influence like before and that she has gone back to the Evolien undercover as she had unfinished business with them.

After Disciple of Dawn Lije was reverted back to her infant form, and Mahoro passes her off to Asuka before being possessed by Dezumozorlya, Asuka recognized that she is his and Mahoro's child. In the finale, when stabbed by Wicked Life Soldier Armor Dezumogevalus, Asuka and Mahoro almost give in to dying out of shame for their past actions, but Ranru Itsuki gave them the courage to live for their child's sake, allowing them to break free, and both Ranru and Asuka defeated the revived Cursed Armor once and for all. After the final battle, Asuka and Mahoro named their new child Mikoto, after AbareKiller, and returned to Dino Earth with his family and the Bakuryuu.

Dekaranger vs. Abaranger

Asuka in Dekaranger vs. Abaranger

Asuka was brought back to Earth by his daughter Mikoto's power to help the team, and he was able to rescue Ryouga and Ban/DekaRed from Kazaku before they joined up with the others. Afterwards he participates in the victory party, with Mahoro returning from Dino Earth with Mikoto to also join the party. Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger

Boukenger vs Super Sentai

Asuka in Boukenger vs. Super Sentai

Asuka appeared in the GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai with Brachio, and his second child. He along with Tetsu, Tsubasa, and Nanami helped Eiji out during his battle with Chronos. He transferred his "Passionate Spirit" power to AkaRed to power DaiVoyager.

Farewell Space Pirates

Tsuribaka Nisshi

AbareBlack with AbareBlue at an Abaranger stage show.

In the world of Tsuribaka Nisshi, the Abarangers are adored by fisherman Densuke Hamasaki's son Koitaro, who takes him to an Abaranger stage show. Faced with a shortage of fish at Tokyo Bay which is believed to be the result of a monster, Densuke takes his fishing boat out in search of the monster and experiences a dream in which he, in his Fishing Fool Mask persona, teams up with the Abarangers to defeat the monster. Waking up, Densuke assures Koitaro that Fishing Fool Mask are the Abarangers are working to beat the monster. Sure enough, the fish return to Tokyo Bay soon after. Tsuribaka Mask vs. Abaranger

It was revealed in Episode 30 that Asuka was the original wielder of the Armor of Darkness that he took out from its confinement by breaking the seal to save Mahoro and Mizuho from the Evoliens, but was unaware of its ability to drive the user insane. As a result he decimated the rest of the Dragon Tribe until he was somehow defeated by Mizuho who had become Darkness Messenger Geildon and freed him from the armor. After being freed he had no memory of using the armor and the remainder of his people were afraid to tell him.

Asuka helmetless in the Armor of Darkness

Eventually the mysterious girl was able to help him remember these events and he chose to defeat Jannu and seal away the armor for good out of guilt for his past actions. But after learning that Jannu is Mahoro he chose to take the armor back to save her. Sometime afterwards he would save the Abarangers from Trinoid #19: VultureTreasureLychee and then during the battle against Trinoid #20: RougeGiraffeRafflesiale his helmet came off, revealing his identity and awakening Mahoro's memory. This lead her to rejoin the Evolien as Jannu, and with the promise of letting Mikoto have the armor when they defeated Asuka, though it was later revealed that Mahoro's plan was for two people to defeat Asuka by combining the power of good and evil to destroy the armor once and for all.

Ranger Key

The AbareBlack Ranger Key (アバレブラックレンジャーキー,Abare Burakku Renjā Kī) is Asuka's personal Ranger Key and what became of his powers after he along with the rest of the 34 Super Sentai sacrificed their powers to end the Great Legend War.

After Zangyack were finally defeated, the Gokaigers gave the Ranger Keys back to their rightful owners. It is presumed that Asuka received his key and became AbareBlack once more. Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates

He is the only Armor of Darkness wielder not to be affiliated with the Evolian.

Due to Asukas apparent death in episode 32, Kaoru Abe was removed from the opening credits in the following episode. While he would remain uncredited during the episodes where Asuka is seen wearing the Armor of Darkness, Kaoru Abe would regain a credit in episode 40 and later be added back to the credits in episode 41, following Asuka's return as AbareBlack in the previous episode.

They both were possessed by an evilarmor in their respective series, and were both forced to fight their teammates before being freed (though Utsusemimaru did not join the Kyoryuger until after he was freed).

Their personalities are very similar, including that they were out of place in the modern world as Asuka came from the alternate dimension Dino Earth, and Utsusemimaru was born and raised in the Feudal Japan-era.

Asuka's name is a reference to Japan's Asuka-era

Both their fighting styles rely heavily on swordsmanship.

They both were thought to have died following a dangerous battle, but were later revealed to have actually survived.

They both start their own families (though Utsusemimaru's descendant Uppy was only seen).